Hacking History 2.0: Wikipedia As Education And Public Engagement

Woman yelling Edit.

Jessica Knapp and I are pleased to announce that we will be holding the second annual Canada Wide Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Canadian history on October 24, 2018.  We've written about the logistics of the event, how you can become involved, and how classrooms can participate over at the Unwritten Histories blog.  Many thanks to Andrea Eidinger … Continue reading Hacking History 2.0: Wikipedia As Education And Public Engagement

Launch of Historical Reminiscents

White circle on blue background with text reading "Historical Reminiscents Podcast"

The Historical Reminiscents podcast is dedicated to discussing public history and archival practice. Created and produced by Krista McCracken this weekly podcast discusses archival impulses, shares insight into the world of public historians, and tackles historical interpretations in Canada. Find Historical Reminiscents on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play. Historical Reminiscents is live for all of … Continue reading Launch of Historical Reminiscents

Introduction to Wikipedia as Outreach and Activism

The recording of the second Wikpedia focused webinar in the series I'm hosting with Jessica Knapp from Canada's History Society is now available. In this webinar Amy Marshall Furness, the Rosamond Ivey Special Collections Archivist and Head, Library & Archives at the E.P. Taylor Research Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario discussed using Wikipedia as … Continue reading Introduction to Wikipedia as Outreach and Activism

Wikithon Roundtable Recording

As I mentioned earlier, I am very happy to be co-hosting the "Weikipedia As Outreach And Activism For Canadian History" with Jessica Knapp of Canada's History Society. Last week we ran our first webinar which featured Jade Pichette, Skylee-Storm Hogan, and Ezra Winton discussing their experiences editing Wikipedia, hosting edit-a-thons, and sharing advice for those … Continue reading Wikithon Roundtable Recording

Collaborative Archival Practice: Rethinking outreach, access, and reconciliation using Wikipedia

I had a great time at the 2017 Archives Association of Ontario conference last week.  If you're interested in the talk Danielle Robichaud and I gave relating to Wikipedia, archives, and reconciliation work our slides are now online. It was great to meet Danielle in person (and yay for twitter connecting us virtually long before … Continue reading Collaborative Archival Practice: Rethinking outreach, access, and reconciliation using Wikipedia

Who Was Brian Vallée?

Last year I wrote a few posts for Canada's History education section on their website. However because of website revamps some of that content was delayed in getting posted.  My second piece "Who was Brian Vallée?" is now available on their site. This piece talks about Brian Vallée as an award winning author, journalist, film … Continue reading Who Was Brian Vallée?

Interactive History: Indigenous Perspectives and the Blanket Exercise

As part of Orientation Week at AlgomaU students, staff, faculty and community members were invited to participate in the KAIROS blanket exercise.  Originally developed in the 1990s as a response to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples the blanket exercise is a participatory teaching too that invites participants to learn about Canadian history from an … Continue reading Interactive History: Indigenous Perspectives and the Blanket Exercise

Organization Social Media Accounts

For the past number of years I've been managing the Activehistory.ca social media accounts, namely Twitter and Facebook.  Since the fall I've also been managing Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr accounts for my work. The accounts are somewhat different in nature.  The Active History accounts are primarily used to promote new website content, so I don't … Continue reading Organization Social Media Accounts

Rewriting Wikipedia and Skill Building

Yesterday the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre held it's first "Rewriting Wikipedia" event aimed at increasing content relating to Indigenous Women on Wikipedia.  I'm really happy with how this event turned out.  We had about ten participants of varying skill levels and the afternoon was filled with good conversation, ideas, and skill building.  Many of the … Continue reading Rewriting Wikipedia and Skill Building